Clinical Leader​/Assistant Nurse Manager RN; ICU​/CCU & Stepdown - Nights

Position Type:
Regular Full-Time

Location:

Centra State Medical Center

Shift: Night

Work Schedule:

7 P.M.

- 7:30 A.M.

Join a high-performing critical care team committed to clinical excellence, professional growth, and strong interdisciplinary collaboration. We are seeking passionate and motivated staff members to join our CCU and Stepdown Units. Our 16-bed ICU/CCU and 10-bed Stepdown Unit care for a diverse, high-acuity patient population, including surgical, respiratory, cardiac, oncologic, neurologic, and multisystem conditions. This environment offers an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to advance from Telemetry or the ED into more complex critical care.

The CCU is supported by an intensivist-led physician team that provides progressive, research-driven, and highly engaged clinical partnership. Both the CCU and Stepdown Unit benefit from strong operational support, including PCTs, dedicated Health Unit Coordinators, a Mobile Vascular Access Team for peripheral and central line procedures, and four Clinical Leaders who serve as readily available resources.

Centra State Medical Center currently has an employment opportunity available for a Clinical Leader (Assistant Nurse Manager) in this high-acuity clinical environment. The Clinical Leader facilitates culturally sensitive patient care from pre-admission through post-discharge by managing, coordinating, and monitoring resources to achieve optimal clinical and financial outcomes, resource utilization, and quality service. This role assists the Nurse Manager in planning, directing, and supervising the overall operation of the assigned nursing unit on a 24-hour basis.

Serving as a clinical resource and educator to unit and department staff in their area of expertise, the Clinical Leader works within the department and as part of Centra State's management team to implement patient care and service goals established by senior leadership. Clinical decisions are grounded in evidence-based nursing practice to achieve desirable outcomes. Care is delivered using a patient-focused model supported by a multidisciplinary approach.

• Assists the Department Head in the continuing effort made by the department to improve the quality of patient care and services.
• Provides considerate respectful care focused upon the patients' individual needs.
• Affirms the patient's right to make decisions regarding his/her medical care, including the decision to discontinue treatment, to the extent permitted by law.
• Demonstrates the ability to obtain information and interpret information in terms of the needs of the age of the patients cared for. Demonstrates an understanding of the range of care needed based on the age of the patients cared for. Successfully completes life-span education as appropriate.
• Successfully completes life-span education as appropriate.
• Obtains a complete nursing history and baseline assessment that is systematic, consistent, and continuous. This assessment is communicated effectively and documented.
• Appropriately analyzes health status data to determine nursing diagnosis and needs for appropriate nursing care, medical intervention or services of other clinical professionals.
• Identifies patient problems and formulates nursing diagnosis according to physical, psychological, spiritual/cultural and educational needs in conjunction with a multidisciplinary approach.
• Consistently includes patient and family in the development of an individualized plan of care.
• Administers medications as needed following CSHS policies and manufacturer's instructions.
• Takes immediate and appropriate actions in the event of a medication variance occurrence.
• Attends and participates in the multi-disciplinary discharge planning meetings and identifies the need for further services following discharge.
• Provides appropriate education based upon teaching plan.
• Conducts unit-based education programs on a routine basis in collaboration with professional development.
• Meets standards for documentation regarding patient education.
• Documents results of patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, care plan nursing interventions and evaluation and patient progress in Medical…